ASUS U6Sg is a notebook with a lot of “first” features. It is a first 12-inch notebook with discrete graphics in ASUS product range and the first laptop in the fashionable U series with a built-in optical drive. It weights quite a bit, although as you will see from the review it is a pretty conditional characteristic...

Testing Methodology

The notebook’s hard disk was formatted in NTFS before the tests. Then we installed Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x86 and drivers from the included disc.

The following settings were used for the tests:

Sidebar – Off

Welcome Center – Off

Screensaver – Off

Windows Defender – Off

System Protection – Off

Windows Update – Off

Scheduled defragmentation – Off

User Account Control – Off

Screen brightness set at the maximum level

Maximum display resolution (1280x800 pixels)

Aero interface enabled

Windows Vista desktop theme

10% volume level

Two power modes were used. First, we selected the High Performance power mode for maximum performance and the shortest battery life. Then we switched to the Power Saver mode for the maximum battery run-down time.